Pub. L. 117-171, sec. 3 (as amended)
CHILD-RESISTANT PACKAGING FOR BUTTON CELL OR COIN BATTERIES.
SEC. 3. [15 U.S.C. 2056e note] CHILD-RESISTANT PACKAGING FOR BUTTON CELL OR COIN BATTERIES.
(a) Requirement.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, any button cell or coin battery sold, offered for sale, manufactured for sale, distributed in commerce, or imported into the United States, or included separately with a consumer product sold, offered for sale, manufactured for sale, distributed in commerce, or imported into the United States, shall be packaged in accordance with the standards provided in section 1700.15 of title 16, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation), as determined through testing in accordance with the method described in section 1700.20 of title 16, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation), or another test method for button cell or coin battery packaging specified, by rule, by the Commission.
(b) Applicability.—The requirement of subsection (a) shall be treated as a standard for the special packaging of a household substance established under section 3(a) of the Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970 (15 U.S.C. 1472(a)).
- Cross-references to the US Code
- 15 U.S.C. 2056e note